Ludwig Professorships
Mr. Daniel K. Ludwig's commitment to cancer research did not end with the establishment of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He also established and endowed the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research at six preeminent academic institutions in the United States of America. Established under the terms of a trust, the F und supports basic and clinical research into the causes, prevention and cure of cancer.
Among the activities supported by the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research are two professorships at each of the six beneficiary institutions:
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
- Chair, Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professorship in Basic Cancer Research
- Ross C. Donehower, M.D.
- Chair, Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professorship in the Clinical Investigation of Cancer
- Harvard Medical School
- Dr. Thomas Benjamin
- Ludwig Professor
- Dr. Lee Nadler
- Ludwig Professor
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D.
- Daniel K. Ludwig Professorship for Cancer
- Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D.
- Daniel K. Ludwig Professorship for Cancer
- David E. Housman, Ph.D.
- Ludwig Professor of Biology
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Mark S. Ptashne, Ph.D.
- D. K. Ludwig Chair
- Dr. Alan Houghton
- D. K. Ludwig Chair for Clinical Investigation
- Stanford University
- Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D.
- Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professorship
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Ralph R. Weichselbaum, M.D.
- Daniel K. Ludwig Professor
- Professor Geoffrey Greene
- Daniel K. Ludwig Professor
The following faculty members are also supported by the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund:
- Johns Hopkins University Medical School
- Martin D. Abeloff, M.D
- Ludwig Research Scholar in Cancer Biology
- Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
- Ludwig Laboratory Support for Molecular Genetics
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.
- Ludwig Scholar